For the last five days I've published shots taken using an 8mm rectilinear fish eye-lens. The first two (13th and 14th October) exploited the distortion inherent in such a lens, the three following ones minimised the distortion but exploited the extreme wide-angle characteristics.
I'm going to put the fish-eye away for a while now, but I thought I'd add one more shot that exploits the distortion characteristics. This is a rainwater run-off drain which discharges into Paimpont Lake; the metal grid is about 1 metre square and the camera was held just a few centimetres above it.
This is not a lens or a technique that you would want to use everyday, but it does produce a dramatic image when you feel that is called for. Inevitably, this views best on black...
I like the distortion with the curve of the grate and the horizon coming together toward a vanishing point. I've always liked your fish eye images ... they are interesting and fun to look at.
Did you "correct" any of the (side) lines? Personally, and I haven't shot that way for a while, the fisheye, the Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8, can work for super wide angle when pulled straight by the lens profile in ACR/Lightroom. And sometimes a bit more help in the Adaptive Wide Angle filter in PS.
Fascinating lines, especially with the uncorrected distortion. I really enjoy how you made the lens work for you in camera. The lines of the grate and the horizon work very well together. As always, your processing is super.
Wow, this one has extreme distortion!! I see that the closest that you get to your subject with the fisheye the more extreme the distortion. The far away scene beyond the water appears quite normal.
@365projectorgsebgritt@panthora@dibzgreasley Osia has it right - the closer the front of the lens is to the subject, the more extreme the distortion. The front bars of the grill here are directly below the front of the lens and about 2 cm from it. Used with a full frame camera this lens is a true 8mm fish-eye and it produces a circular image. Used with an APS-C camera like I was using here, the lens is effectively a 12mm rectilinear lens which means that it produces a square image with some curvature at the extremities, The field of view is a shade under 180 deg so you have to be careful not to get your feet in the shot. Thanks for all for your kind comments on this mini-series of images.
it is an image that scares it gives the impression of a gun sticking out from under the water to exterminate all living Ales .... therefore very suitable technique and your black and white makes a dramatic atmosphere by putting value a beautiful sky. For me a cloudless sky it is not a Breton sky
The curve of the grate is very effective. Fav.
it is an image that scares it gives the impression of a gun sticking out from under the water to exterminate all living Ales .... therefore very suitable technique and your black and white makes a dramatic atmosphere by putting value a beautiful sky. For me a cloudless sky it is not a Breton sky